How to Unroot and Unbrick the Samsung Galaxy S4

This video will show you how to flash a tar file in odin and get your Samsung Galaxy S4 back to complete stock and unroot your device. This video shows a Sprint Samsung Galaxy S4, however this method should work for all other models if you use the correct tar. All tar files are available for download below.
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Trying this method for the Sprint MDC TAR and the phone has been hanging at the Samsung Galaxy S4 boot logo for ~15 minutes… Suggestions? HALP!

Aaron Ashley Lewis

i had the same problem, i went back into recovery and did a factory reset and it booted up nicely
, hope this work for some of you out there

Jonathan Woodward

The Sprint .tar zip file is unreadable. I cannot open or extract it. I used your other video to root and loved it. I tried to install a carbon rom and this is where I am stuck. I’m stuck in bootloop, and my recovery is gone. I am hoping this method will get me back to the beginning. Is there anything you can do to help me get the .tar file, please? Thanks a bunch for your vids!

Ricky Omi Ortega

GO ON RECOVERY AND WIPE DATA CACHE IT SHOULD BOOT UP

Nick45S

Is there an updated link for the Sprint variant? My phone is bricked and i need that file but it is not working. please… I’m very worried that i just destroyed my phone…

StinKing

Followed to the point. All I get is I boot into Sprint splash screen and the phone just sits there…. Thanks for any help.

Will this work if I rooted my phone then did the Sprint update which left root but took away all my access? I’m a major noob when it comes to root and am really scared I’m gonna seriously mess up my phone.

Becky Fangmann

VPUAMDL is the version on my Sprint GS4 – I need to unroot since neither of your methods work on my device, but you don’t have the correct tar listed here either.

tacs

Hey man great tutorials, im from the philippines and rooted my s4 i9505 how do i download my stock firmware, and if you can help with stweaks and kernels and stuff im lost. Thanks

Ron

I have the 9505 and live in the US using AT&T, which tar file do I need to download?

mbzzy

do you have the tar file for MDL? sprint?

JustSomeGuy

Thank you very much, sir. I am hoping to get lucky and not lose my data either. lol

J Redondo

Does this resets the flash counter as well?

dincdoes.me

Here is ME7 for Verizon all How to’s had MDK and it kept failing in Odin pissed me off all night then it dawned on me MDK cant be flashed cuz im on the latest verizon update ME7 link is in this thread.
hope it helps.

I unrooted and unbricked my S4 (its from Sprint, SPH-L720 model). After unrooting, i tried putting in a different chip (Rogers LTE)…it says invalid chip.

Can you advice if this can be used with a GSM/LTE chip?

Johnny 5

Here is a great resource. I bricked my S4 and wanted to go back to stock. I used Odin 3.07 and it took about almost 8mins to process in Odin. The link below also includes tar files to return to stock with root or without root.

This site is for the odin fix, I followed what joscor said and it worked!!

Ernest

I’ve tried using the steps but it keeps on failing. I’ve also lost the Recovery so I can’t wipe cache or go in factory reset. Any help?

hi

I have the Galaxy S.4. I was rooted before with no problems on stock rom. I have unrooted and rooted this phone 3 times. I got tired of the install update icon sitting in my notification bar for the last several months. So I unrooted my phone. Then did the ota updates. It was 3 or 4 of them. I am now 4.3 stock rom. So I when to re-root and got that with no problem. I used the odin method, I used odin again to install clockworkmod (v6.0.4.4) on the phone. I rebooted and it worked great, no problems. I then when to get the final piece of the puzzles so to speak. I downloaded MDCHotspotmod-odexed from “galaxys4root.com” to gain control of the native wifi tethering abilities. I when to clockworkmod and flashed the zip file to the phone and it said Installation complete (and cleared both cache before hand) I when to reboot and I was prompted with a message from clockworkmod saying “Root access possibly lost. Fix? THIS CAN NOT BE UNDONE” so I avoid the prompt the first time and accepted the fix the 2nd time and now my phone is stuck in boot loop. With options had me still stuck in boot loop. Please help, thanks

kuku

Hi, i have problem with the download linck !
it asck me for rekistrate ! Baltic I9505 4.2.2

Rigo Solano

I there a New Way to do this now that I have 4.3 I can no longer use this to go back to stock please help.

Ricky Omi Ortega

GO INTO DOWNLOAD MODE FALSH THIS FILE CF-Auto-Root-jfltespr-jfltespr-sphl720 GOOGLE IT AND IT SHOULD BOOT BACK UP TO WEHRE IT LAST BRICKED

jordon

anyone have the sprint pit file cant find it anywhere

J Wegner

When downloading the TAR file over Comcast’s Economy Plan ($20/mo) I am approaching 24hours of constant run time to download over 4000 ‘parts’ of this file…granted, this is only around 3 Meg constant speed, but this is approaching ridiculous. And I have yet to discover just how many ‘parts’ there are to be downloaded. Any input here??? BRICKED and needing unrooted to stock ASAP!!!

Ricky Omi Ortega

I JUST WANTED TO ADD THIS FOR THOSE WHO’S GOTTEN TO THE FAILED PART IN ODIN AND ARE STUCK WITH A BRICKED PHONE.

IF YOUR ABLE TO GET ON DOWNLOAD MODE SIMPLY REFLASH THE CORRECT RECOVERY VIA ODIN 1.85 IN THIS CASE FOR THE S4
CF-Auto-Root-jfltespr-jfltespr-sphl720 THAT’S THE AUTO ROOT RECOVERY YOU WANNA FLASH AND IT WILL BOOT UP YOUR PHONE BACK UP THIS WILL FORCE THE WRITE PROTECTION AND BOOT IT UP. THANKS

brd7777

What about the SG4 ATT what do i need to flash with odin 1.85? Can you help me find that download?? Thanks in advance

thea

how?

Perrie McNeair

not working at it all went through but then my phone is stuck at the s4 screen

Fouad Berry

I used odin and followed the instructions on your video for my sprint samsung galaxy s4. Odin said the root was successful and my phone booted up the same way as yours, but when i got to verify the root it says my phone doesn’t have root access. Any suggestions?

Redbeard

Can you add the newest MK2 file?

Redbeard

And maybe update the video? I am trying to unroot my 4.3 MJA S4 so that I can update it to MK2 and then root it again.

ronda

I have a Samsung galaxy 3 from us celluar and it llock for no other carrier it a sch930 can u help me root and unlock it

plotts39

newbee
I rooted my sprint s4 mk2 4.3 with qb77

I install goo manager did a naniod back up
when rebooted it got stuck in a boot loop . ive tried every thing
is there a fix ?

rholdie

are you working on a fix for the “odin Fail”

Brandon Lynch

can you post the SPR-L720VPUAMF9 files for odin please.

Brandon Donley

do i need to unroot to install the kitkat 4.4 ota update? i have twrp recovery

i tried to unroot my GT-I9506 (international model), but is failed>~< in the message bar said that "Can't open the serial(COM) port." wt does that mean??plz help

Michael McGhee

sprint galaxy s4 turns on but won’t boot to os or recovery. What can I do?

Baldemar Beltran

i have a T MOBILE GS4 i tried to upgrade it to 4.4 kit kat from a custom 4.3 rom i did something wrong when i tried to update manually and now when i power the phone on it takes me back to the recovery mode

Baldemar Beltran

I have a T MOBILE GS4 i tried top manually upgrade to 4.4 kit kat from a 4.3 custom rom i messed up somehow and now every time i try to power it on it keeps taking me to the recovery menu..any ideas?

Baldemar Beltran

I have a T MOBILE GS4 i tried top manually upgrade to 4.4 kit kat from a 4.3 custom rom i messed up somehow and now every time i try to power it on it keeps taking me to the recovery menu..any ideas? i also tried to use odin to flash a stock rom but no luck

thea

where cani download the tar file. For GT-i9500 please do help me. thanks

thea

where can i download the tar file of my S4 GT-i9500? i cant find it. please help me

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